The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 12

ff phoney rug will go down in Lansdowne Park. City council yesterday approved the and they hope to get it back through the lottery eventually. How tfhat little wrinkle works, we haven't any idea, but Mayor Fogarty has to go to Montreal on February 10 to appear before the Canadian Football i and bid for the 1973 Grey Cup game. Be assured, he will guarantee them artificial turf, because without it, the bid has absolutely no chance. the, Grey Cup game is important to the city Is a Whole new field of nettles.

Then we get into 'the amount of business generated and how much the game worth and what it does for the city. The ugly lot the lottery is. spelled out in the, skimpy arithmetic. They had hoped to raise $325,000. TO this point, they.

have' raised only $53,089.56. That ipeens they have to get up another $47,000 just to pay? the 'prize money and break even and March 30 is the date of the drawing. There appears to be no1 valid reason why the sale has been so slow, but rather a number of circumstances have contributed. There are, for openers, a number of raffles and lotteries going on. WORKS THE OTHER WAY There Is, too, a common misconception that a pur-i chase of a tottery ticket pats dollars into the, coffers of the Rough Riders, and millionaire David Loeb.

And that is nonsense, Lansdowhe Park has virtually 'belonged to the Riders for much too It is the prime stadium real estate in the city, and' tt 3s used almost exclusively by the Ottawa FootbaM Club. With ersatz turf, the usage could be increased tre For example, prior to artificial turf in Van- couver, empire siaaium was usva iewr uu ou uiua year. After the plastic grass went down, the park acowimodated more than 500 year. So Lansdowne would then be available to high school teams, colleges, amateur football anything at all, and a reasonable schedule of rental rates has been struck. Amateur groups will be able to rent the park for.

$150 with another $100 if lights are required. 'ii If football, and college ball, is going to draw they have to stage their major, events at Lansdowne Park- Until the phoney grass is installed, only the Rough Riders will use Lansdowne Park regularly; -rr--J 1 Y- GIVE LANSDOWNE TO COMMUNITY -So what the new turf should do, in practise, is take the field away from the pro footballers. Now wherefore the money? Well, the-CCEA Was wiwtPfid S250.000 over five years. The Federal gov ernment is expected to kick in a grant of $50,000, and the Ottawa Football Club will add anotner YWhich means another $325,000 has to come from somewhere and that means the lottery. This coming Monday, Tuesday.

and; Wednesday there will be a city-wide blitz, and teams of workers will try to knock on every door. 1 1 CCEA President Lon Campbell, who announced the blitz" yesterday, said he did not expect to make up a Teally big piece of the whole unount required in just thescthree -i He has not, however, surrendered on the idea of thilpttery succeeding. The- tickets, have had adequate, with closed to 19,000 books issued so far. But fewer than 5,000 book? have been sold, end some of the organizations "who "have complained over the years about Lansdowne Park not being available to them ans the ones who- have done the least. TAKES SOME WORK i The tickets can be sold, but It takes organization and work.

The lottery committee has set up a bonus arrangement through which organizations can earn sub-stantlal amounts. The Gyro Club, for example, has earned more than $4,500 so far, to be used for its own charitable purposes. The Ottawa Klwanis has earned about $2,200. Organizations like the Rideau Canoe Club, which wanted the bonus money but which can't see any need for the field for themselves, went out and sold 70 books. By way of comparison, the North East Football Associa- tion: sold only 12 books, the District Soccer League only 11 books; the Ottawa high schools sold none, the universities one i One way or another, it appears the rug is going; into Lansdowne Park, and that installation will this coming April.

Wouldn't it be a refreshing turn of events if many of the people who will Want to use the park were to lean 'into the job for a few weeks and sell the tickets? After all, it's a $100,000 lottery with a $50,000 first prize and tickets cost $2.50 apiece. That's hard to sell? Liinit Canadian ski team to Games in Sapporo VANCQUVER (UPI) The Canadian ski team at the Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan will exclude five members pf the World Cup team-: and wilh be two members short of the team limit of 10, it was announced Monday. Sonny O'Sullivan, chairman of the: Alpine International Competitions committee, said tte World Cup skiers had been droppedj "either because they were hurt didn't perform." said the team was limited to eight members -because "we don't have any more skiers that we think are capablp at the moment of making a showing." i Hi- KILLED BY SNOWMOBILE EALE RIVER, Wis. (UPI) 0-year-old Minnesota boy wifa killed and four, other persons Injured during the world championship snowmobile derby here Sunday when a riderless snowmobile plunged Into a crowd of spectator. Those members of the World Cup ski' team dropped from the Olympic team were: Diane Culver, Aldan Bal-lantyne, Russell Goodman, Paul Carson, and, Doug Woodcock.1.

Women dominated the Olympic team, with. Toronto's Judy Crawford given the best chance of picking up a medal. The 20-year old skier won a giant slaldriV at Les Con-tamines in December, placed fourth in the giant slalom at Oberstaufen and seventh In the slalom at Val D'Isere In Other strong contenders were Kathy Kreiner, 14, of Timmins, who' placed sixth in the World Cup races and Calgary's Jim Hunter, 18, considered Canada's' top male competitor after a strong showing In the World Cup downhill. Other team members were Kathy Kreiner'i sister Laurie, J7; Carolyn Oughton, 19, Cal-garyi Diane Pratte, 18, Rouyti, Reto Barring-ton, 18, Calgary Ind Derek Robblni, 19, Toronto, League Monday admitted two new franchises upon payment E700.000 -and the-NHfc Players Association announced that Tuesday it would ask the league for a 150 percent increase In playoff benefits. Representatives of the new Long Island and Atlanta teams each paid $350,000 to the league! to be welcomed officially as members.

Each must pay an additional $1.4 -million by May 31. Atlanta will complete its payments of its $0 million membership fee in 1977 and Long Island will complete payment of $11 million, in- eluding $5 million indemnity to the New York Rangers, in 1991. Commissioner Clarence Campbell said the owners agreed that the 1972-73 schedule would require 78 games, the same number played this By CHUCK SVOBODA MINNEAPOLIS (CP) -Some hockey players who don't worry about scoring goals end up in the minor leagues, while others, like Rick Martin, end up in the National Hockey League star roster, Martin, the outstanding rookie who has 33 goals with; Buffalo Sabres, will be patrol ling left wing, for the East Division tonight in the NHL's 25th annual all-star contest. "The 20-year-old Montreal native, weU on his way to becoming the league's greatest rookie goal scorer, credits his un worried attitude for much of his success. Martin also gives credit to Sabres' coach and general manager.

Punch Imlach, for his quick start this season. "I have to say Punch has had a lot to do with my sue, cess this year," Martin said in an interview Monday night. I first joined the Sabres, Punch -came to me and said 'I. hear you can score goals, so why don't you just go out there and see what you' can "He told me not to worry about anything and just go into divisions was deferred until today. Campbell said only two alignments would be consid ered, separation into four teams each, or two eight-team divisions which would not necessarily include the.

same teams now In the East and West divisions. He said that the makeup of the four-team divisions was agreed upon and that 13 of the 14 previous members had approved the proposal, but the shift must be accepted unanimously, It was learned that the four-division setup called for New York, Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to comprise one quartet, To" ronto, Montreal, Buffalo and Vancouver in another, Minnesota, Chicago, Los Angeles and California in the third, and Boston, Detroit, St. Louis and Long Island in the fourth. ahead and play the game. He said if I made mistakes on the ice he'd come and tell me about them "So I just go out and play the game aQd try not to worry too much about whether I'm going to score goals.

I think that is the most important thing, because if wor-' tied about it the job becomes "that much 'more difficult Martin admitted, that he is worried about the defensive aspects of his game. "I still have a lot to learn about checking-" He said "it would be nice" to break teammate Gil Per reault's rookie scoring record of 38 goals and 72 points set last season, but beyond that he had not set himself any minimum to shoot for. "I just go out and try to play the game as best I can and if I get a few so much the better Martin agreed he was happy to get a chance, to play in the all-star WIGAN WINS WIGAN, England (CP) Wigan beat Wakefield Trinity 27-10 in an English Rugby League match here Monday night. SUPER SPECIAL THERMAL NOW I cause the Red Wings wanted a Canadian team in their 1 -division: Campbell indicated that because there was only one objection to the proposed divisional setups and because there was no real objection to maintaining two divisions of eight teams each, the alignment matter might be settled quickly. The league has decided that which ever alignment is adopted will be maintained for two years until two new teams are accepted for the 1974-75 season.

He said three formal applications with $25,000 payments have been made to the league for the still-to-be-granted franchises. In addition to alignment today the league will discuss the points brought up by the players, and spokesman Alan Eagleson, Who represent "But I still feel a bit strange. Here I am playing on the same team with Phil Bobby Orr, Brad Park and hit those Martin may feel strange joinging the 'established East Division stars, but his 33 goals and 22 assists has him seventh among the league's leading scorers. Ahead of him are Esposito and Orr of Boston Bruins, Jean Ratelle; Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfleld of New York Rangers, all members of the East ail stars. Bobby Hull of Chicago Black Hawks, with 35 goals and 27 assists, is the only West all-star with more points than Martin.

Al MacNeii, coach last season of the1 Stanley Cup win-'nlng Montreal Canadlens, is the East coach facing Billy Reay of the Hawks, coaching the West squad, dominated by nine of Reay's own players. MacNeii, who resigned as Montreal coach last year to move to the- Canadiens' American League farmclub in Nova Scotia as general manager and coach, had an answer for other i coaches who complain about not having more of their 60 ft mi A80VB BOOTS NOT rLLUITRATBD SUPER SPECIAL TYROL! A BINDINGS, Reg. 22.50 NOW Tuesday, January 25, 1972. PMYERS. SEEK MORE MONEY OMacGbe New NHL clubs make 8700,000 naymen t-.

Turf Lottery 1 1 V0 I NGT0N' Mim' 'If Detr't 73" NHL player, sports pay between. 1 and 'risk on the league Instead 1 Weak I pp- pe National Hockey 3 Arough tori 1. the sole opponent be- well the Association, 2 times as much. He said permitting an instance wh alignment of the 18 teams risk on the league Instead permitting an instance Ottawa's turf tottery is weak and staggering and. .1 ox no oie' as they say but be not deceived, the the major point would to increase playoff pay.

Eagleson said the players believed they should receive $25,000 per man for finishing first in either division and then advancing through the playoffs to win the Stanley Cup. A team performing such a feat now would receive $10,000 per man. Eagleson said the request for higher pay was made because the Player Association had discovered that "the NHL is making a hell of a lot more than we guessed; and our benefits have not gone up compared to theirs." 1 He said the players would advise the owners of their suggestion to increase pension payments at negotiations on the pension next June. He salid that hockey pensions now average between $2,500 and $3,000 and that other Buffalo's 20-year-old rookie shares spot! ght with stars players picked for the all-star teams. 'The Professional Hockey Writers'.

Association selects 12 players to each team and the coaches then make seven more selections of their own. Ned Harkness of Detroit Red Wings lest week complained that MacNeii overlooked Wings Mickey Redmond and Gary Bergman. "The way to have Harkness satisfied is for him to win the Stanley Cup," said MacNeii. "Then as coach-he can pick the team next year. i "I know he has got to sell his club, but I am sure as soon as he picked his guys he would find 10 other guys who disagree with him." Tonight's game starting at 8.40 p.m.

EST will be carried, nationally by the CBC television 4 MEN'S AND BOYS' APPAREL STORES 7, TO SERVE YOU 13 Kf- 4T me average oaseoau pension was $7,200 and the average pro Eagleson said the major discussion during the player meeting concerned the proposed World Hockey Association and that in his opinion the WHA had not "gone beyond the figure stage" although he believed a few "bonified offers of contracts" have been made. He said he had told the players that they should be sure any money offers were paid in advance or placed in escrow based on the player fulfilling the con-, tract and that the player should retain rights' to any money pakHf a court determined that he could not play In the WHA, thus putting the J. E. LETELLIER The Ottawa Journal. 13 of where a player might not be able to play and would not be -paid.

Eagleson estimated that about 40 players had been approached directly or indirectly by the WHA but he identified only three of them, Andre Boudrias, Dale Tallon and Wayne Connelly, all of Vancouver, who had been approached. by Glen Sonmer of the WHA's St. Paul team. Eagleson said he thought the WHA was "the best thing that has happened for- the l' "I have seen that several general managers in the NHL now are treating their players less and less like sheep and more and more like humans. he said.

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